come of age

phrase

: to reach maturity

Your class has come of age at a moment of great consequence for our nation and for the world …

—Barack Obama

Examples of come of age in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After a couple of nondescript seasons, Baines came of age in 1982, hitting 25 home runs and driving in 105. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

Some young, really emerging superstars, and then also some players that have kind of come of age — and then some really good role players, too, that give them some interesting platoon options. — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Even if the next emanation is discovered within months, Tibetans face a perhaps two-decade interregnum while his successor comes of age. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026

Melissa Gilbert starred as young Laura, who came of age on the American frontier through periods of great hardship and joy. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026

Rhymes for come of age

• alienage
• assuage
• backstage
• bocage
• downstage
• engage
• enrage
• leafage
• messuage
• offstage
• onstage
• outrage